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Mescaline

//ˈmɛs.kəl.ɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hallucinogenic and intoxicating compound present in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), and the Peruvian torch (Echinopsis peruviana). uncountable, usually

    "We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers . . . and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls."

  2. 2
    the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons wordnet

Etymology

From mescal (“peyote”) + -ine.

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